Thanks to all who answered my request regarding diseases during the 1850's. It would seem to have been smallpox, dysentery, or the flu which carried off the ancestors. Could have been typhus or typhoid, too. Doret ____________________________________________________________ You could save hundreds on health insurance. Click to get a quote now. http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/BLSrjpTIn7H4FJaVilk0dylBH1zddlyianxfXi1Vs5Yg9DumKYAlycJG7E8/